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UNOFFICIAL 1737-17 form to the medical assistance program (medicaid) office; (3) The form shall be received in the medical assistance program (medicaid) office of the department within five working days from the time of the patient's admission. The postmarked date shall be accepted provided it is within the five working days requirement from the time of patient's admission; (4) Reimbursements to the physician and psychiatric facility is subject to denial when forms are not received within the specified time; (5) A form shall be submitted for each admission; and (6) An extension form will not be required regardless of length of stay.
(e)The length of hospital stay is applicable to all…#
(e) The length of hospital stay is applicable to all categories and the following shall be followed: (1) No more than thirty days per calendar year shall be authorized. Inpatient days not used in the authorized calendar year shall not be added to the inpatient days allowed for the following calendar year; (2) The number of inpatient days available through a third party coverage shall be
counted as part of the authorized number of days under Medicaid. The psychiatric facility shall apply the number of inpatient days that are available from the third party resource to the authorized number of days under Medicaid; and
(3) One inpatient day can be exchanged for two outpatient hours.
(f)Emergency inpatient psychiatric care shall be provided…#
(f) Emergency inpatient psychiatric care shall be provided as follows: (1) In communities where a psychiatric facility is not readily available, emergency inpatient psychiatric service may be provided for up to
forty-eight hours at the closest licensed general hospital; and (2) A patient shall be transferred to an authorized psychiatric facility or to a long-term psychiatric facility if the attending physician determines that the patient requires inpatient psychiatric service beyond the forty-eight hour period.